India, Aug. 27 -- HC restrains Jarange-Patil from holding protest at Azad Maidan

STRAP: Maratha activist will need to take permission under the state's rules on public agitation formulated on Tuesday

MUMBAI: Two days before Manoj Jarange-Patil's planned indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan for quota benefits for Marathas from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, the Bombay high court stopped the activist in his tracks. The HC said that Jarange-Patil could not hold his protest without obtaining prior permission from the police authorities under the Public Meetings, Agitations and Processions Rules, 2025, which were notified on Tuesday itself.

Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne said that Jarange-Patil and his as...